Bad Beat Of the Year? How about Century!

There is nothing wrong with a solid clickbaitable title. It is no different than the ancient practice of newspapers exaggerating headlines to sell papers. However, I feel Poker at The Lodge has undersold themselves here. Just wait until you see the hand, its a rough one alright.

Let’s dive into the clip headlined “Bad Beat of the Year” which was recently uploaded to Poker At The Lodge’s YouTube Channel. The Blinds were $1/$3 respectively.

After an ill-timed raise of $30 from Xaos ($905) (K3, Josh ($379) in the small blind responded with a hefty 3-bet to $110 with pocket Tens 1010. Four players to the flop including Brittany ($948) KJ, as you’d expect Xaos mucked his trash.

Flops a Set, and Jams?

It’s not every day you flop a set and lead out Jam, the circumstances for Josh doing so on a board of 7K10 makes sense though. With $710 in the middle and only $270 left behind, there is a good chance you will get called four-handed on a wet-board (straight + Flushdraws both present). By lead-out jamming you are also underselling your hand, nobody is going to believe you’re overly strong. Next to act was Brittany. With the pot now bigger than her stack flatting was not the line she wanted to take. Her play was to Iso-jam. Both MG & Neek folded, making Josh a huge 94% favorite to win the hand.

Both players agreed to run it twice, in turn reducing the odds of Brittany scooping. Well, the first run removed two cards Brittany needed, the J was followed by the J giving her a fullhouse!

There was a gasp from the table and commentator after the Q was revealed on the second board, Brit had now picked up an open-ended straight draw. Surely not, a 94% favorite to….. Losing both runs! The 9 sealed Josh’s fate, to be fair he took it well, joking “That’s my life reel right there”